#4E4E42#4E4E42

#4E4E42 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.019 H 107.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E42
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, -2.43, 7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 7.52, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% -0.0057 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.019 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8496, 7.4619, 6.2326)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E42 #42424E

analogous

#4E4842 #4E4E42 #484E42

triadic

#4E4E42 #424E4E #4E424E

tetradic

#4E4E42 #424E48 #42424E #4E4248

square

#4E4E42 #424E48 #42424E #4E4248

split-complementary

#4E4E42 #42484E #48424E

monochromatic

#11110E #2D2D26 #4E4E42 #6F6F5E #8F8F7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#4E4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E42

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E42	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.019 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f76',
    500: '#4e4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e42;
$custom-light: #7f7f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42013,
    "c": 0.01926,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E42

secondary

#6F6F7D

accent

#76B176

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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